<i>Rickshaw free capital</i>
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Thanks are due to Mr Qamruddin Chowdhury from Kuwait for his letter in DS on 25 May 2009. He has undoubtedly provided the 'mother of all solutions' to our worst nightmare, the traffic jam and more than justified this and my previous 16 letters on the subject. He advocates: 1.That rickshaws must be eliminated not only from Dhaka but the whole of Bangladesh as they are not needed. 2.That pulling rickshaws make pullers weak physically and financially so they should have alternate means of livelihood.. 3.All rickshaw-pullers live in slums and all slum dwellers indulge in illegal activities, including drug peddling, hartals etc etc and so they should all be eliminated. 4.Mechanized transport systems are more time efficient and less expensive, so we should have metros, elevated express ways, monorails, underground and on the ground shuttle railways. 5.Comfortable footpaths for walking to make everyone healthy, besides eliminating harmful emissions. Mr Qamruddin, we all know that Kuwait is a very hot country in summer. It is evident that you have been out in the sun too long. However, I wonder if you could do something worthwhile for your country. Please go to nearby Baghdad and borrow Aladdin's Lamp for a few days, so that we can work the Genie hard to get your 'solutions' in place before your next visit to your homeland.
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